The curriculum at the decision of the school - a factor of progress in the development of communication skills of students

Abstract

The current social and economic dynamics recorded at the national level has determined the appearance of significant changes in the Romanian educational system. Thereby, schools and communities, especially those in rural areas, face a series of challenges aimed at the real needs of the beneficiaries of educational services. In order to improve and overcome such situations, schools and communities can benefit from specialized support, within the framework of implemented and accredited study programs or projects. They can be supported by the curriculum at the school’s decision. It must be seen as part of the entire curriculum and not as irrelevant in relation to the national one in force or being in contradiction with it. The student needs to experience a coherent curriculum, and not a fragmented, deficient one. Thus, the curriculum at the decision of the school must meet the national one and blend together. Since then the traditional subject-based curriculum has emphasized knowledge and understanding. Because of that, the role of the curriculum in the decision of the school has addressed to those desired competences that are too little developed specifically or explicitly by academic disciplines. Examples of such skills may include personal development, preparation for adulthood and economic life, encouraging the responsible being, etc.